At the forefront of the architectural world today is the discussion on the disconnect that exists between architectural education and professional practice. There have been recent calls to make architectural education more closely mirror architect...
With the advent of affordable large display screens and with the emergence of more sophisticated sensing technologies, Mid-air Interactive Information Display is becoming more common in physical public spaces. In the field of human computer intera...
Information technology, Design, Psychology, Experimental
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This thesis questions the use of the theory of affordance, a psychological theory of perception, as the basis for a symbolic design methodology in human-computer interaction. By comparing the psychological writings on affordance of James J. Gibson...
Traditionally, historic preservation focuses on the past, but a major challenge of historic preservation is working with buildings that are still in use. If a building continues to be used, it will continue to evolve. Thus, current daily life and ...
Observational data within Post Occupancy Evaluations (POE) has had the problem of being deemed as ‘unreliable’ due to the fact that it is not based on quantifiable, empirical evidence. Even though ethnographic observation is quite effective and ha...
